Originally Posted by V_RocKs

If you bought that same helicopter you would first have to dial down the power because you wouldn't be able to keep it from jerking around. Next you would have to switch out the rotors for none 3D for more stability.

You won't get past just lifting off and going forward and backward for weeks if you practice a lot and have a place to practice with little to no wind.

It will be months before you can do simple things like turn and fly around while the helicopter is facing sideways to you. Flying towards yourself will be after a year or more.

During that time you will destroy about $500 or more dollars in parts from batteries that just don't recharge to rotors you keep smacking into the ground. If you ram it into the ground sideways you might as well just buy another copter because the cost of replacing everything and then dialing it all in to be stable is more than the chopper is worth.

You cannot just replace linkages to the rotors and what not. Everything must be tuned so it will be stable or it will literally tear itself apart over time. The first to go will be the gears and then your sanity.

So... Don't waste your cash on a gas model if you are a newb. Just get a double rotor model that is very stable and would be considered a childs toy. It will allow you to inexpensively learn to fly perpendicular to the direction you are facing and eventually fly towards yourself without cutting off your head.